Tullaroan GAA
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Tullaroan is a Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club located in the village of Tullaroan
Tullaroan
Tullaroan is a village on the west side of County Kilkenny in the Slieveardagh Hills near the Tipperary border. Tullaroan is also the name of the local civil parish.-Sport:...

 in County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. The territory of the county was the core part of the ancient Irish Kingdom of Osraige which in turn was the core of the Diocese of...

, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. The club was founded in 1884 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

. Tullaroan is the most successful club in the history of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship.

History

Tullaroan is the oldest GAA club in County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. The territory of the county was the core part of the ancient Irish Kingdom of Osraige which in turn was the core of the Diocese of...

. The club was founded in 1884, the same year as the foundtaion of the Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

. Tullaroan currently lead the roll of honour in Kilkenny with twenty senior county championship titles.

Honours

  • Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championships: 20
    • 1887, 1889, 1895, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1907, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1948, 1958, 1994

Famous hurlers

This is a list of notable hurlers who have played for Tullaroan. Generally, this means players that have enjoyed much success with the club or have played for the Kilkenny
Kilkenny GAA
The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny inter-county teams...

 senior hurling team.
  • Seán Clohessy
    Seán Clohessy
    Seán Clohessy is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1953 until 1963.-External links:*...

  • Jimmy Coogan
    Jimmy Coogan
    Jimmy Coogan is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Tullaroan and is a former member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team.-Early life:...

  • Jim Dermody
    Jim Dermody
    Jim Dermody was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling at various times with his local clubs Tullaroan and Threecastles. He also played hurling with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1931 until 1934....

  • Jer Doheny
    Jer Doheny
    Jeremiah Doheny was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling at various times with his local clubs Threecastles and Tullaroan and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1893 until 1905. Doheny had the distinction of captaining Kilkenny to their very first All-Ireland title in...

  • Shem Downey
    Shem Downey
    Shem Downey was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1946 until 1954....

     played senior inter-county team from 1946 until 1954. Shem's daughters, Angela
    Angela Downey
    Angela Downey-Browne is a retired Irish sportsperson. She played camogie at various times with her local clubs, St Paul’s camogie club based in Kilkenny city and Lisdowney, and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1970 until 1994...

     and Ann
    Ann Downey
    Ann Downey is a retired camogie player, winner of 12 All Ireland inter-county medals, captaining the team in 1989 and 1994, and seven All-Ireland club medals with St Paul’s and Lisdowney- one more than her famous sister Angela who was suspended for one final.-Family Background:Her father, Shem...

     won 12 All-Ireland camogie medals each and 13 club titles between them. Angela is commonly recognised as the greatest players the game has seen.
  • Dock Grace
    Dick Grace (Tullaroan)
    Dick Grace was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1909 until 1926. Grace is one of only a handful of players to have won All-Ireland medals in each of three decades.-Biography:Dick Grace was born...

  • Pierce Grace
    Pierce Grace
    Pierce Grace was a famous Irish dual player. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1911 until 1914. Grace also played Gaelic football with his local club Kickhams and with the Dublin senior inter-county team from 1906 until 1907....

  • Jack Hoyne
    Jack Hoyne
    Jack Hoyne was a famous Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1902 until 1907....

  • Jack Keoghan
    Jack Keoghan
    Jack Keoghan was a famous Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1907 until 1914.-Club:...

  • Jim Lawlor
    Jim Lawlor (hurler)
    Jim Lawlor was a famous Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1898 until 1907....

  • Pat Maher
    Pat Maher
    Patrick 'Fox' Maher was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Kilkenny senior team.Maher made his first appearance for the team during the 1893 championship and became a regular player over the next decade. During that time he won one All-Ireland winner's medal and eight Leinster...

  • Lory Meagher
    Lory Meagher
    Lorenzo Ignatius Meagher , better known as Lory Meagher, was a famous Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1924 until 1937...

  • Jimmy Phelan
    Jimmy Phelan (hurling)
    Jimmy Phelan is former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the 1930s.-Early & private life:...

  • Paddy Phelan
    Paddy Phelan
    Paddy Phelan was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the 1930s. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time.-Club:...

  • Jack Rochford
    Jack Rochford
    Jack Rochford was an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Kilkenny senior team from 1902 until 1916....

  • Paddy Saunders
    Paddy Saunders
    Paddy Saunders was a famous Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1902 until 1904....

  • Tommy Walsh
    Tommy Walsh (hurler)
    Tommy Walsh is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a right wing-back for the Kilkenny senior team. He joined the team during the 2002 championship and became a regular member of the starting fifteen the following year....

  • Sim Walton
    Sim Walton
    Simon 'Sim' Walton was a famous Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the first two decades of the 20th century. Walton captained Kilkenny to the All-Ireland title in 1912.Waltons’s status as one of Kilkenny’s...

  • Martin White
    Martin White (hurler)
    Martin White was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.White made his first appearance for the team during the 1931 championship and became a regular member of the team until his retirement following the conclusion of the 1938 championship...

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